Hot-metal car



R. H. STEVENS.

HOT METAL CAR.

APPLICATION HLEQ QCTI 2], 1919. 1;332,773. I I v Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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R. H. STEVENS.

HOT METAL CAR.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.21. 1919.

Patented Mar. 2,1920.

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R. H. STEVENS.

HOT METAL CAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21. I919- 1,332,773. Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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HOT METAL CAR.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.21.19|9.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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RICHARD H. STEVENS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HGT-METAL CAR.

Application filed October 21,1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hot-Metal Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to hot metal cars particularly of the type used for transporting hot metal about steel plants.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a hot metal car of the type referred to with improved means for moving the same to dumping position.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a hot metal car for carrying any desired material, and having a plurality of dumping openings through any of which openings the contents of the car may be emptied at will by the operation of mecha nism located at one end of the container.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dumping mechanism for hot metal cars, which mechanism is adapted to be operated in either direction and is located entirely at one end of the container.

The foregoing and other objects, together with their attendant advantages, will be apparent as the invention becomes better understood by reference to the accompanying specification and drawings forming a part thereof, it being premised that changes may be made in the various details and the manner of operation within the scope of the appended claims without departing from' the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hot metal car.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figs. 3 and 4 are opposite end views respectively of the hot metal car.

Fig. 5 is an end view, corresponding to Fig. 3 of the car in dumping position, and

Fig. 6 is a' detail view illustrating a portion of the operating mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have illustrated a suitable mounting 2 for my improved hot metal container and actuating mechanism, which mounting'preferably comprises a truck of any usual construction adapted to travel on a standard gage track. Mounted on the truck 2 is a container 4 for the hot metal, cinders or the like, the container being preferably eylindri Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 332,254.

cal in shape and extending generally longi tudinally of the truck body. lVhile the construction of the container may be varied to suit the material being handled; in most cases I desire to employ a metallic outer casing 5 having a suitable refractory lining 6, as indicated clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

Surrounding the container at opposite sides of the transverse center thereof, are eccentric track ways 7, having cooperating therewith a plurality of anti-friction rollers 8 adapted during the dumping operation of the car to travel in the curved channel shaped trackways 9 carried by the truck body on conical anti-friction supporting rollers 10 cooperating with the fixed trackway 11. In the form illustrated, the eccentric members 7 are preferably disposed with their highest portions at diametrically oppositc sides of the container at, for the purposes hereinafter more fully described.

On diametrically opposite sides of the respective ends of the container 4 are trunnions l2 and 14. The trunnion 12 is connected by a link 15 with an operating lever 16 carried by the shaft 17 of the actuating mechanism. Mounted on the shaft 17 is a worm gear 18 meshing with and receiving power from the worm 19, secured to the motor shaft 20 of any suitable motor 21. The opposite trunnion let is adapted to cooperate with a V-shaped guide member 22 having upper and lower guideways 24. and 25, respectively, formed therein.

Formed on the container t are pouring spouts 26 and 27, preferably disposed adjacent the opposite ends thereof on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the container. hen it is desired to empty the container 4: through the pouring spout 27, it is essential to shift the container about a vertical axis extending substantially through the center of the container and the center of the truck body so that the pouring opening may be swung to entirely clear the side of the truck. At the same time, it is necessary that the container be rotated about a longitudinal axis so that the pouring spout 27 may be moved to pouring position. In thepreferred form of my invention, I also desire the entire container body to be tipped slightly toward the end from which the con tents are to be emptied so that the container may b ntir y e ptied.

For producing the operations before referred to, the motor 21, disposed entirely operation will cause the trunnion 14 on the opposite end of the container to move in the direction of the arrow A, Fig. 5, in the substantially straight portion of the guideway 22. Continued operation of the motor in the direction specified, will rotate the container in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 4, and a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 8, causing the trim-- nion 14 to ride into the upper guideway 24- of the guide member 22. During this rotating movement of the container, the high portion of the eccentric 7 adjacent the op erating motor will be moved into the channel shaped trackway 9, while the low portion of the eccentric 7 adjacent the guideway 22, will be moved into its cooperating trackway 9. This action of the eccentrics will result in a gradual tipping or lowering of the end of the container carrying the pouring spout 27 Formed on the container adjacent the trunnion 12, is a second center or stop trunnion 28. During the dumping o eration described, the combined rotating, tipping and lateral movements produced simultaneously in the container, will cause the trunnion 28, which is disposed in the horizontal center line of the container, but not in the vertical center line thereof, to travel in a substantially straight line into engagement with the fixed stop 29 formed on the truck 2. Engagement of the trunnion 28 with the stop as described, will prevent continued lateral movement of the container, but will permit rotation thereof until the. trunnion 14 reaches the end of the upper guideway 24, as illustrated in Fig. 5. At this time the pouring spout 27 will be entirely clear of the truck and at its lowest pouring position so that the container is entirely emptied.

For holding the trunnion 28 in position against the stop 29, to limit the side swing of the container or prevent the tank from rotating about its vertical center line until the dumping trunnion 12 is in a position to cause the tank to continue dumping around its horizontal center line, I have provided the lever 16 with a lug 30, which lug, during the rotation of the shaft 17, will move to a position away from that shown in Fig; 2, and in front of the trunnion 28, as shown more clearly in Fig. 6. The stop 29 and the lug 30 in the position described, form a temporary bearing for the dumping trunnion 12, whereby the container is held in the desired position for dumping about its horizontal center line.

After the dumping operation has been completed, the motor may be operated in the opposite direction for restoring the parts to their normal position or the car may be partially emptied in the manner described, and the motor operated in the reverse direction to tip the car and rotate the same oppositely from that net described to'bring the pouring spout 26 into play.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description, that by means of a stationary operating mechanism located at entirely one end of the container, I am enabled to simultaneously swing the container about a vertical axis, rotate the same about a longitudinal axis and tip the same about a transverse axis. It will also be apparent that the motor may be operated in either direction for simultaneously producing all of these movements in connection with the emptying of the container through either of the spouts.

The present application relates to an improvement in the mechanism illustrated in application Serial No. 248,883, filed August 8, 1918, in which some of the features disclosed in this application are claimed.

My invention provides a car which can be used not only as a hot metal car, but also as a cinder car or metal mixer.

I claim:

1. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about both horizontal and vertical axes, and actuating mechanism at the end of said container for producing movement about bothof said axes simultaneously, substantially as described.

A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a container mounted to be rotated about a longitudinal horizontal axis and also to be swung about a vertical axis, and actuating mechanism mounted on the car at the end of the container to produce movement about both of said axes, substan tially (as described.

3. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a container mounted to be rotated about a longitudinal horizontal axis and also to be swung about a vertical axis, and actuating mechanism mounted on the car at the end of the container to rotate the container about its longitudinal axis and to swing it about its vertical axis, substantially as described.

l. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a container mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis, for a laterally swinging movement about a vertical axis, and for tipping about a transverse axis, and means engaging the ends of said container for causing said several movements, substantially as described.

5. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a container mounted to be rotated about a longitudinal horizontal axis and also to be swung about a vertical axis, and actuating mechanism mounted on the car at the end of the container to rotate the container about its longitudinal axis in either a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction, substantially as described.

6. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about horizontal and vertical axes and tipped about a transverse axis, and actuating mechanism at the end of said container for producing movement in either direction at will about all of said axes simultaneously, substantially as described.

7. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated in opposite directions about horizontal and vertical axes, actuating mechanism at one end of said container for producing movement in either direction at will about both of said axes simultaneously, and a compound guide at the opposite end of the container cooperating therewith, substantially as de scribed.

S. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about horizontal and vertical axes, means at one end of said container for producing movement in either direction at will about both of said axes simultaneously, and compound V- shaped guide at the opposite end of the container cooperating therewith, substantially as described.

9. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about horizontal and vertical axes, a trunnion on each end of the container, and an operating mechanism cooperating with one of said trunnions, and a guide mechanism cooperating With the other of said trunnions, substantially as described.

10. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about horizontal and vertical axes, a trunnion on each end of the container, an operating mechanism cooperating with one of said trunnions, and a i-shaped guide member 006perating with the other of said trunnions, substantially as described.

11. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about both a horizontal and a vertical axis, a trunnion on each end of the container, said trunnions being located at diametrically opposite sides of the respective ends of the container, an operating mechanism coiiperating with one oi said trunnions, and a guide member cooperating with the other of said trunnions, substantially as described.

19. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about horizontal and vertical axes, actuating mechanism at the end of said container for producing movement about both of said axes simultaneously, and means forming a bearing effective in a predetermined position for holding the container during rotation about its horizontal axis, substantially as described.

13. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be simultaneously rotated about both a horizontal and a vertical axis and tipped about a transverse axis, means for producing all of said movements simultaneously, and a bearing effective in a predetermined position for holdingthe container during rotation about its horizontal axis, substantially. as described.

let. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon, trunnions on diametrically opposite sides of the respective ends of the container. a guide mechanism cooperating with one or said trunnions, an operating mechanism cooperating with the other of said trunnions, a center trunnion on the end of the container adjacent the operating mechanism, and means cooperating with said center trunnion in predetermined positions for limiting the movement of the container, substantially as described.

15. The combination with a hot metal car having a mounting and container thereon, of an operating mechanism located entirely at one end of the container and comprising a motor, a lever driven thereby, a link mechanism connected at one end of said lever, and a trunnion carried by the container and coiiperating with the opposite end of said link mechanism, substantially as described.

16. A car for hot metal, cinders and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon having pouring openings adjacent the opposite ends thereof, and arranged to be rotated about both a horizontal and a vertical axis, and actuating mechanism at the end of said container for producing movement thereof in either direction at will about both of said axes simultaneously for emptying the container from either of said spouts, substantially as described. 1

17. A car for hot metal, cinders, and the like, comprising a mounting, a container thereon arranged to be rotated about horizontal and vertical axes, and means carried on the car at the end of the container for producing'movement in either direction at Will about both of said axes simultanesaid container for producing movement in ously, and a compound guide cooperating either direction at will about both of said 10 therewith, substantially as described. axes simultaneously, and a compound guide 18. A car for hot metal, cinders and the cooperating therewith, substantially as delike comprising a mounting, a container scribed.

thereon arranged to be rotated in opposite In testimony whereof I have hereunto set directions about horizontal and Vertical my hand.

axes, actuating mechanism at one end of i RICHARD H. STEVENS. 

